Definitions for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. interesting(adj)

   arousing or holding the attention

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. interesting(Adjective)

   Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Interesting

   of Interest

2. Interesting(adj)

   engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news

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1. Interesting

   "Interesting" was the fifth episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first broadcast on BBC2 on 7 December 1982.

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. interesting

   In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of ‘annoying’, or ‘difficult’, or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times”. Oppose trivial, uninteresting.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1182

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #592

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Adjectives Frequency: #126

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of interesting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of interesting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of interesting in a Sentence

1. Bernie Sanders:

   It was an interesting day.

2. Jeb Bush:

   It was an interesting experience.

3. Mary Wortley Montagu:

   It has all been very interesting.

4. Nicholas Burns:

   It is a very interesting question.

5. Harold Ross:

   If you can't be funny, be interesting.

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